Gaming machine, gaming server and gaming system

Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming machine which allows a player to receive the payout readily even when the player wins a win which requires tax payment, a gaming server which is connected with the gaming machine via a network, and a gaming system which includes the gaming machine and the gaming server. A slot machine which variably displays reels on a liquid crystal display panel, under a control of a main CPU, determines an approval or a disapproval of a win on a combination of symbols stopped on an activated payline for determining the approval/disapproval of the win. When the win is approved, it is determined whether the approved win requires tax payment or not. When it is determined that tax payment is necessary, the main CPU transmits player's personal information and information on an award corresponding to the win which are preliminarily inputted to a gaming server. The gaming server prepares and outputs documents necessary for tax payment based on the received player's personal information and information on the award.

1 . A gaming machine which pays out an award to a player in response to an approval or a disapproval of a win of a game, the gaming machine comprising: 
 win approval/disapproval determination means which determines the approval or the disapproval of the win;    tax payment requirement determination means which determines necessity of tax payment on the win which is approved by the win approval/disapproval determination means;    a personal information inputting unit which inputs player's personal information necessary for tax payment corresponding to the award which is determined to require the tax payment by the tax payment requirement determination means; and    output means which, when the tax payment requirement determination means determines necessity of the tax payment on the win, outputs information on the award and the player's personal information inputted by the a personal information inputting unit.    
   
   
       2 . A gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine includes a selection unit which allows the player to select whether inputting of the player's personal information by the a personal information inputting unit is to be performed or not.  
   
   
       3 . A gaming machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising: identification information generating means which generates theplayer's identification information for recording the player who performs tax payment, and identification information storage means which stores the player's identification information generated by the identification information generating means.  
   
   
       4 . A gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine.  
   
   
       5 . A gaming server which is connected with a gaming machine via a network, the gaming server comprising: 
 reception means which receives player's personal information and information on an award corresponding to a win which is transmitted from the gaming machine;    tax amount calculation means which calculates a tax payment amount based on the information on the award received by the reception means; and    output means which outputs the player's personal information and tax amount information indicative of the tax payment amount which is calculated by the tax amount calculation means.    
   
   
       6 . A gaming server according to  claim 5 , wherein the gaming server further includes condition determination means which determines a taxation condition for the award based on the player's personal information which is received by the reception means.  
   
   
       7 . A gaming system comprising: 
 a gaming machine; and    a gaming server connected with the gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine comprises:    win approval/disapproval determination means which determines the approval or the disapproval of the win;    tax payment requirement determination means which determines necessity of tax payment on the win which is approved by the win approval/disapproval determination means;    a personal information inputting unit which inputs player's personal information necessary for tax payment corresponding to the award which is determined to require the tax payment by the tax payment requirement determination means; and    output means which, when the tax payment requirement determination means determines necessity of the tax payment on the win, outputs information on the award and the player's personal information inputted by the a personal information inputting unit, and wherein the gaming server comprises:    reception means which receives player's personal information and information on an award corresponding to a win which is transmitted from the gaming machine;    tax amount calculation means which calculates a tax payment amount based on the information on the award received by the reception means; and    output means which outputs the player's personal information and tax amount information indicative of the tax payment amount which is calculated by the tax amount calculation means.